Žlutice (; german: Luditz) is a town in
Karlovy Vary District
Karlovy Vary District or Carlsbad District ( cs, okres Karlovy Vary) is a district ('' okres'') within the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. Its administrative center is Karlovy Vary.
List of municipalities
Abertamy -
Andělská Hora - ...
in the
Karlovy Vary Region
The Karlovy Vary Region or Carlsbad Region ( cs, Karlovarský kraj, German: ''Karlsbader Region'') is an administrative unit ( cs, kraj) of the Czech Republic, located in the westernmost part of its historical region of Bohemia. It is named afte ...
of the
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...
. It has about 2,200 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as
urban monument zone.
Administrative parts
Villages of KnÃnice, Protivec, RatiboÅ™, Skoky, VeruÅ¡ice, Veselov, VladoÅ™ice and ZáhoÅ™ice are administrative parts of Žlutice.
Notable people
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Emanuel Wirth
Emanuel Wirth (18 October 18425 January 1923) was a German violinist and violist.
Wirth was born in Žlutice (German: Luditz) in western Bohemia. As Joseph Joachim's assistant at the Hochschule für Musik (Berlin), he taught violin and viola. ...
(1842–1923), German violinist
Twin towns – sister cities
Žlutice is
twinned with:
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Hurbanovo
Hurbanovo (until 1948 ''Stará Ďala'', hu, Ógyalla, german: Altdala) is a town and large municipality in the Komárno District in the Nitra Region of south-west Slovakia. In 1948, its Slovak name was changed to Hurbanovo, named after Slovak wri ...
, Slovakia
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Warmensteinach
Warmensteinach is a municipality in the district of Bayreuth in Bavaria in Germany.
From here there is a chairlift, the Ochsenkopf South Chairlift, to the summit of the Ochsenkopf, the second highest mountain in the Fichtelgebirge
The Fichtel ...
, Germany
References
Cities and towns in the Czech Republic
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